To the woman who shouted “you’re too thin!!” to me on my run today...

[Waytoomuch82]

You made me feel utterly shit.

Yes I’m underweight. Mr body shape is awful (very thin arms and legs but a large belly relative to my size (26/27 inch, which for someone 17 BMI is out of proportion).

I hate my body. I feel sub conscious.

Hence out for very early run in a wood. St John’s wood (you were alone, one dog, red top). I saw you and smiled, you had a kind face, but as I ran pass you muttered something. I turned and said “sorry?” And you said “gosh, you’re too thin. You must stop running”.

Immediately deflated. Immediately feel crap.

It would not have occurred to me for a second to have said to you “you are podgy, you should be running not walking”, why did you feel you could say this to me.

Stop shouting out random criticism and “advice” to people.

She was being rude. Listen to me you keep on running and if you see her again tell her to shut her Fat gob.

As your user name suggests do you think you actually weigh too much OP?

@Covert20

Totally off topic here, but CiderJolly - running does not ruin your joints. In fact the studies show quite the opposite - runners and even former runners had lower levels of osteoarthritis in their knees than non-runners...

When I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my knees the consultant said non weight bearing exercise only. if you already have OA running will make it worse.

She’s so rude! Ridiculous how people think it’s ok to tell people if they’re ‘thin’ but not if they were ‘fat’? How about mind your own business!
Just ignore here.. running is good for you anyway, so good on you

If anyone ever watches that American show on YouTube 'What would you do' on Tuesday they actually have a new episode of a larger woman and a thin woman both being riducled at the gym.

Do you assume those with higher than normal BMI suffering from binge eating disorder?

I don't know what 'normal BMI' is. Those words have zero meaning.

I tend to assume clearly overweight people have a bad relationship with food, yes. I was in Overeaters Anonymous for years and having an ED is why most the still-fat people there said they struggled with weight & had terrible relationship with food. Except the annies, of course, who talked about how people IRL praised them for being thin and controlling their weight when actually they were desperately unwell but no one IRL wanted to see that.

They say a normal BMI is between 18 and 25 and under 18 is underweight and over 25 is obviously overweight, you measure your height, body type and age to work out your BMI.